Retiring From the Bench

David Saxe writes: The start of my third certification brought thoughts of my forced departure to the forefront of my concerns. As much as I loved my work and as much as I enjoyed the collegiality of my colleagues, I did not want to be the judge sitting forlornly in his chambers engulfed by transfiles, trying to figure out what to do next.

By David Saxe|February 24, 2017 at 01:00 AM

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Justice Saxe (NYLJ/Rick Kopstein)

Retirement has always been an ugly word to me—not one that I have ever really contemplated. There were times over the last few years when thoughts of leaving the bench filtered through my mind, especially when I hit a major milestone like age 65, or 70, when I was required to request certification in order to extend my judicial life to 76. But the looming deadline was really not near enough to force me to contemplate it, so I didn’t. Occasionally, I would daydream about being transported to an event on the Senior Golf Tour in Hawaii or some such place, competing in a sudden death playoff, but those thoughts would drift away and I would then give some brief thoughts to being an arbitrator, mediator or, God forbid, a lawyer again.

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